Accelerated and Intelligent Password Cracking with Performance Optimization

Suresh Kumar C., Raja J., Ragavan R.

2025

Abstract

In the increasingly digitised world, security is a huge concern. Among all the security mechanisms, password authentication is the most popular one, however, weak or simple passwords are still susceptible to security attacks. This work introduces a system for distributed password cracking, for helping recover lost or forgotten passwords as well as to assess the weaknesses of current password management methodologies Furthermore, the system leverages cloud computing resources in order to allocate tasks towards workers, in-order to enhance productivity and scalability. The study also examines the efficacy of password strength, hashing algorithm, and encryption method in enhancing password security. The resulting system combines many attack tactics such as brute-force, dictionary, or hybrid approach as well as state-of-the-art optimization strategies. Anticipating passwords with heuristic-based predictions and machine learning model, and running upon GPU-accelerated parallel devices, the system is orders of magnitude faster than the approaches that try with candidate passwords alone. Ultimately, the project seeks to raise cybersecurity awareness by showing how weaknesses exist in password-based authentication and encourage the implementation of stronger, more secure authentication measures, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and biometrics.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

C. S., J. R. and R. R. (2025). Accelerated and Intelligent Password Cracking with Performance Optimization. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25; ISBN 978-989-758-777-1, SciTePress, pages 741-749. DOI: 10.5220/0013920100004919

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icrdicct`2525,
author={Suresh C. and Raja J. and Ragavan R.},
title={Accelerated and Intelligent Password Cracking with Performance Optimization},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25},
year={2025},
pages={741-749},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013920100004919},
isbn={978-989-758-777-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25
TI - Accelerated and Intelligent Password Cracking with Performance Optimization
SN - 978-989-758-777-1
AU - C. S.
AU - J. R.
AU - R. R.
PY - 2025
SP - 741
EP - 749
DO - 10.5220/0013920100004919
PB - SciTePress